Undergarment.



M. K. PASCO,

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. 1916.

1,246,151. I PatentedNov. 13,1917.

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MARTIN KELLOGG rasc'o os new; BRITAIN, swimwear, assreiijon +150"HOsIERY- QMPANY,oriiinw snrrain ooniqncrrour, A; oonronarron; 1 a V Toallfwhbm rung "row s c v, fBe it known that I-f 'MARTIrr KiaL ooc IPiste, a citizen of the Ui'iitedStates'resid ing' at New 5 Britain,ifi-thejcounty of Hart rem; State of" Connecticut; have invented Vcertain new and useful improvements in iideligarment s of" which thefollowing :is'

tspecificationp ject of myimprovement-is to "providea special if or'mfor I the uiiction of the bust portion and leg port1on,?-a 'd acent the"waist line 'or lower body portion by means ,bf-ex tensions of thematerial of the 'bust'portion, forming a: yielding structure for the{said lower body portion due to" the j elasticity fof the: material ofthe bust portion; whereby-a .biitt li-hol s" e hs le i y ,P b -i ams-accom a ing garment "is provided that .Qbe good fit for allpai ts ofthe bnst and body'port ons and without the useof arslit'and buttonsandFigure l' 'isinontiglevat proved under-garment. r a V Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of the same Fig. 3 is a front elevation'onan enlarged scale ofa portion of Fig.1. Fig/l is a rearelevation of thesame,

" Fig; is a"frdnteievationon the same scale as Fig. 1 of a modification.

My improved under-garment compr ses a unitary garment having an upperbust portion '10 that is formed of knitted fabric and a lower legportion 11 of woven fabric, the said portions being united at the waistline and lower body portionsin a special manner. 7

The bust portion 10 is made complete and unbroken and may be providedwith draw strings 12 at the extreme upper edge. e

The leg portion 11 is made up of separate leg members 13 that at therear are joined together at the middle of the waist line only, as shownat 14, the portions below thewais't line being disconnected and normallyoverlapping, and'the said leg members are each joined to the bustportion 10 at the rear along the waist line'on each side of the ]l1IlC-tion 14 for an appreciable distance, as shown "iaassseia aa al ases api'icu-an r i a' Aug'ust'21, 191's. Serial no. 116,052.

at 1-5, the lateral ends ofthe tions 15 beingindicated at 16.12 c

1 At thefrontthe leg members 13are larly joined: to the bust portion 10along the Waist line for an. appreciable distance-was shown 'at' 17, thelateral endsof the waist: line junctions 17 being indicated at-=18,:a'nd

they have overlapping portions'l9j adjacent the middle; extendingdownwardly from the waistline 16,-that are'joined'byistitching'2O for ashort distance, as shown, .the portions :25;

below the said stitching 20'being free; 1

- The parts of thewaist line between the tenminal points '16 and l8oneach side are: filled in by extensions 21- ofthe materialof the bustportion 10, the saidextensions'21vbeing of appreciable width atthewaisteline and extending downwardly 'as shown in-V shape over the hipportion the apex 22 being sub-J stantiallyasfar below the 'waist line asthe;

stitching .20."

tends between -the,-points= 18 at the *m'idde" of the frontfextendsdownwardlyhat an angle from" the I points i18lto lthe points 22 Yats-the sides,- extends upwardly atan angle"rom the said points-22 atthe side's-to thepoi-n-ts f V V 1'6; at-the rear, and extends betwee n et l i said eminathe; rear, andfthejf poin s c same defines the boundsadj acent the waist i line and lower bodyportion ofL-the'j yieldiingmaterial of the bust portion and the relatively rigid and non-yieldingstructureot the' leg portion 11, due to the woven fabric material ofwhich the said leg portionis formed.

withstanding the relatively large hip struc: v

ture of the wearer. V j

The yielding character of the V-sha-ped extension 21 permits of theessentialy free opening of the junction, portion described,

in slipping the garment on and'ofl as de scribed. t r

In the garment shown in Fig; 5 a slitted structure is shown for theupper part ofthe bust fortion 10 having a set 12 of buttons and, buttonholes in lieu of the draw lld shaped extension 21 of the material of thebust-portion l0 extensions of other form may be used and also that suchextensions may be provided at other positions than at the sides asshown.

Also other departures from the details shown may be made within thespirit of my invention.

For instance, the junction of the knitted upper portion and the wovenlower portion may be made without sections that are straight andparallel to the waist line and in lieu thereof having a wavy or serratedform, comprising additional extensions of the one material fitting intorecesses in the other.

In such case the entire junction of the two materials would be made upof two similar serrated edges joined together. As described, the bustportion 10 corresponds to what is termed a vest structure, and the legportion 11 corresponds to a drawer structure, the two structures meetingat the waist line, and extensions of the material of the vest structureare provided and inserted at and below the waist line of sufficientextent to provide a yielding character for the waist line portion, sothat the garment can he slipped on and off readily without the provisionof buttons and button-holes and the like, and notwithstanding the factthat the waist portion is appreciably reduced relatively to the adjacentparts of the vest and drawer structures.

I claim as my invention f 1. An under-garment comprising a veststructure of knitted fabric at the upper end, a drawer structure ofwoven fabric at the lower end, and a waist portion intermediate the saidvest structure and drawer structure, the said waist portionshaing'eont'rrmous and unbroken, and appreciably reduced relatively to theadjacent portions of the vest structure and drawer structure, and thesaid waist portion below the waist line being composed of the majorportion of the upward extensions of the drawer structure at the frontand back that meet the vest structure at the waist line and each ofwhich extends an appreciable distance along the said waist line, and theremainder of the said waist portion below the waist line being composedof integral downward extensions of vest structure that fill in betweenthe extensions of the drawer structure and are of suitable size toimpart a yielding character to the part of the waist portion below thewaist line, whereby the said part below the Waist line will cooperatewith the knitted portion above the waist line in yielding when in use.

2. An under-garment for womens wear composed of connected vest anddrawers, and being fashion cut so as to provide a form fittingstructure, having an enlarged bust portion and an enlarged hip portionrelatively to the intermediate waist portion, the said vest being madeof yielding fabric, the said drawers being made generally ofnon-yieldingfabric and being extended upwardly at the front and back ofthe waist line, and being connected to the vest at thewaist line, andthe side portions of the waist portion being formed by material that isintegral with the vest and'extends continu-. ously across the waistline, whereby a yieldingcharacter will be provided for the waist portionso: that the waist portion can be opened out substantially to the sizeof the said enlarged hip portion as the garment is slipped on and ofi'.

" Witnesses:

L. H. TAYLOR, EMIL H. R. VOGEL.

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